Sam Houston Coffee Branded Insulated Jug
A Sam Houston Coffee insulated jug in tall red-painted metal, with a wire bail handle, black wood grip, and a small screw-cap opening set into the domed top....
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Coffee On Switch Art
A small framed print picked up from CrestField on Etsy: a stylized light-switch plate where the toggle is a mug of coffee, flipping between ON and OFF. It is...
H and H Blend Three-Pound Crystalvac Jar
A three-pound H and H Blend Coffee Crystalvac jar in clear glass, wearing a red-and-cream paper wrap label. The front shows the H and H lockup over “Blend Co...
H and H Blend Unopened One-Pound Paper-Label Tin
An unopened one-pound H and H Blend coffee can with its original paper label still wrapping the body. The red and navy label carries the interlocked “H AND H...
H and H Blend Coffee Three-Pound Paper-Label Tin
A three-pound round H and H Blend Coffee tin with its paper label still intact. The red panel with a pale-blue border calls out “MEDIUM GROUND” on a small ba...
H and H Coffee “Fragrant” Cardboard Litho Sign
A horizontal cardboard litho advertising sign for H and H Coffee, typical of the small counter and window pieces Hoffmann-Hayman distributed to grocers and c...
H and H Coffee “Free Coupon” from a Coffee Bag
A single clipped “FREE COUPON” with scalloped, blue-accented deckle edges and a pale-yellow field framed in red. Between the “FREE” and “COUPON” headers sits...
H and H Coffee Clip-and-Save Coupons
Five deckle-edged red coupons laid out for the photograph, donated to the collection by Mac Johanson in Three Rivers. Each strip reads the same fine print:
Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. Illustrated Letterheads
A sheet of Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. letterhead, one of two in the lot. The masthead runs a dark banner with “Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co.” in white serif cap...
Hoffman Beverage Co. Soda Labels, Newark NJ 1933
Four unused paper soda-bottle labels fanned out for the photograph, all from Hoffman Beverage Co. of Newark, New Jersey, and copyright-dated 1933. The front ...
Master Chef Price Cards — Houston, 1950s
Five identical red cardstock price cards fanned on OSB: each has a FOLD BACK HERE rule at the top, a white Special Today! script panel with a large ¢ for cha...
Alamo National Bank Statement Fragments — Found in the Wall
Torn scraps of an Alamo National Bank “statement of condition” dated April 20, 1953, laid out on OSB. The Resources column still reads clearly: Cash … $20,56...
H and H Coffee Promotional Paper Napkin — Sam Houston & Texas Girl
A promotional paper napkin printed in red and blue on cream stock, unfolded to show the full label design. The layout is a square rotated on the diagonal, wi...
H and H Master Chef Handi-Handle Sample Cup
A Master Chef four-ounce paper sample cup arrived from Minden, Nevada, in a mixed eBay lot of grocery promos. The front keeps the classic Hoffmann-Hayman pal...
Hoffmann-Hayman Puzzler
This premium H and H Puzzler is from San Antonio, TX. The box is broken, instructions are missing, and a few pieces are missing. It is in rough shape but doe...
Sam Houston Coffee Label
A Sam Houston coffee label from a 1lb. Perc-o-Drip Grind tin arrived from Helotes, Texas. It is amazing that someone carefully took the label from a tin, sav...
H and H Price Sign
eBay delivered another H and H Master Chef artifact. This time we have a price sign that was never marked or even folded and waiting for us in New Braunfels,...
Tucker Coffee Co. Letterhead
Today we recieved a piece of letterhead from the Tucker Coffee Company estimated to be from the 1920’s. Tucker was located at 422-424 Ruiz Street, San Antoni...
San Antonio Nexapa
We found San Antonio Nexapa by Helen Seargeant, on Ebay. It is a true account of the life of a pioneer family on a coffee plantation at the foot of Mt. Tacan...
All About Learning Coffee
Over the holidays we read a stack of enthusiast, roaster-written, and history books about coffee—not company records, but context for how we talk about brewi...
Two-pound H and H shop bags (picker find)
Albert, one of our local pickers, found more Hoffmann–Hayman paper stock. Two of the lots were the familiar one-pound shop outers we have already written up;...
St. Mary’s Bulletin, February 1936 — H and H Crystalvac ad
The Bulletin at St. Mary’s in San Antonio is still published; this copy is Volume 13, Number 1, February 1936—cream paper, Gothic titling, church tower and c...
Interwar sales report books from the office ceiling
While pulling network cable above the ground-floor office, we found three staple-bound books of sales report forms tucked between boards and the 1932 stucco ...
Texas Girl and H and H one-pound shop bags
We met Albert, a San Antonio picker, over coffee and talked through local history, metal detecting, and what turns up in shops. Six months earlier he had pul...
H and H Brand Spices ginger, 1½ oz
We added another H and H Brand Spices tin: ginger at 1½ ounces net, photographed here beside the one-ounce cinnamon tin from July 2014 so the two shaker styl...
H and H Coffee Paper Shipping Bags
This lot includes multiple H and H Coffee shipping sacks fanned out to show the repeated print block: Texas Girl Coffee, the line 24-1 LB. BAGS REGULAR, and ...
William H. Ukers coffee books
William Harrison Ukers (1873–1945) wrote the standard early-20th-century references on coffee and in 1901 helped start the Coffee and Tea Trade Journal. In A...
Alamo Cook Book (Hoffmann-Hayman)
In July 2014 we bought this at Magic Carpet Books, a used-and-rare shop. The Alamo Cook Book is a stapled, buff-paper retail booklet with a black Alamo view ...
Broncho Coffee & American Pickers
Early in the project we had almost no in-house file on the company, so we cast a wide net. We wrote to the Antique Archaeology shop behind American Pickers —...
Coffee factory interior — Maxwell House cases and jar line
A wide black-and-white interior of a mid-century coffee-packing room: a long, serpentine floor conveyor carries a single file of small glass jars with pale l...
A Coffee Whistle?
A small, light-wood quail- or call-type slide whistle, probably a mid-century grocery or radio-sponsor freebie: a notched end for the mouth, a square central...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 3 April 1972
Monday, 3 April 1972 San Antonio Express H and H clip—latest dated newspaper scaffold in the pre-2014 intake batch; useful for seeing brand presentation deep...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 22 June 1971
22 June 1971 San Antonio Express H and H ad—early 1970s metro placement between 1970 Express-News and 1972 Express in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express-News, 11 July 1970
Saturday, 11 July 1970 clip from the merged Express and News operation—filename Express_and_News matches the San Antonio Express-News masthead era. Late reta...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 12 July 1964
Sunday, 12 July 1964 San Antonio Express H and H placement—weekend metro edition in Newspaper Clippings shortly after the May Fredericksburg Standard clip.
H and H advertisement — Fredericksburg Standard page 3, 27 May 1964
27 May 1964 Fredericksburg Standard p. 3—Hill Country weekly export; pairs chronologically with July 1964 Express in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H advertisement — El Heraldo de Brownsville, 31 August 1961
Thursday, 31 August 1961 El Heraldo de Brownsville scan—Spanish-language Brownsville daily; transcribe Spanish copy faithfully from the JPG. (Older front mat...
H and H advertisement — Brownsville Herald, 7 January 1960
7 January 1960 Brownsville Herald H and H JPG—new-decade Valley placement in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 20, 20 February 1959
20 February 1959 Valley Morning Star p. 20—same calendar date as the 1958 Brownsville Herald clip one year earlier, different paper and market.
H and H advertisement — Brownsville Herald page 15, 20 February 1958
20 February 1958 Brownsville Herald p. 15—Rio Grande Valley daily export in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 29, 23 January 1958
23 January 1958 Corpus Christi Caller-Times p. 29—opens 1958 with the February Brownsville Herald p. 15 next in the gallery spine.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 7 November 1957
7 November 1957 San Antonio Express H and H clip—late-1950s metro daily before the 1958 Caller-Times and Brownsville pages.
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 30, 2 December 1954
2 December 1954 Corpus Christi Caller-Times p. 30—holiday-season placement closing the 1954 Caller-Times triad.
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 37, 9 September 1954
9 September 1954 Corpus Christi Caller-Times p. 37—autumn counterpart to the July and December 1954 Caller-Times exports.
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 8 July 1954
8 July 1954 Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Thursday) JPG—mid-summer placement in the 1954 Caller-Times group with September p. 37 and December p. 30.
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 20, 30 January 1953
30 January 1953 Corpus Christi Caller-Times p. 20—continues the 1950s Caller-Times sequence before the 1954 trio.
H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 18, 2 November 1952
Sunday, 2 November 1952 Valley Morning Star p. 18—weekend edition H and H placement in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H advertisement — Kerrville Mountain Sun page 11, 24 April 1952
24 April 1952 Kerrville Mountain Sun p. 11—Hill Country weekly placement alongside 1952 Valley and Corpus clips.
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times page 25, 1 February 1952
1 February 1952 Corpus Christi Caller-Times p. 25—Gulf Coast daily in the 1952 gallery cluster with Harlingen, Kerrville, and later Caller-Times pages.
H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 13, 18 January 1952
18 January 1952 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen) p. 13—primary export; compare to the “Page 13 2” sibling the same date if crops differ.
H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star page 13 (second export), 18 January 1952
Second 18 January 1952 Valley Morning Star export labeled Page 13 2—check against the plain Page 13 file for crop bounds or plate change.
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald page 17, 1 June 1951
1 June 1951 Hondo Anvil Herald p. 17—Medina County weekly export showing H and H still buying space a generation after the 1920s Hondo clips.
H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star, 6 March 1951
6 March 1951 Valley Morning Star (Tuesday, Harlingen) H and H ad—early 1950s Valley retail before the June Hondo page-17 export.
H and H advertisement — Shiner Gazette page 5, 14 April 1949
Postwar small-town weekly: 14 April 1949 Shiner Gazette p. 5 PNG—Lavaca County placement bridging 1938 and the 1950s regional dailies in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 17 November 1938
17 November 1938 San Antonio Register H and H display—last pre-war 1930s Register clip in this intake batch before the 1949 small-town gap.
H and H advertisement — Brownsville Herald, 7 July 1938
7 July 1938 Brownsville Herald H and H clip—late-1930s Valley daily in Newspaper Clippings before the November 1938 Register advert.
Anita Coffee — H and H, Bastrop Advertiser, 2 September 1937
2 September 1937 Bastrop Advertiser clip for Anita Coffee under the H and H / Hoffmann-Hayman umbrella—Central Texas weekly placement outside the San Antonio...
Blue Bonnets package with coffee — San Antonio Register, 17 July 1936
17 July 1936 San Antonio Register ad featuring Blue Bonnets packaging bundled with coffee—a promotional format worth comparing to plain tin-and-type retail a...
H and H — San Antonio Express, 13 April 1936
Spring 1936 San Antonio Express (Monday, 13 April) PNG in Newspaper Clippings—ahead of the July Register Blue Bonnets package ad the same year.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 15 November 1935
15 November 1935 San Antonio Register H and H ad—closes the mid-November triad with 8 Nov Register and 11 Nov Express.
H and H — San Antonio Express, 11 November 1935
Monday, 11 November 1935 San Antonio Express PNG export—sandwiched between 8 and 15 November Register ads in the gallery; compare metro morning layout to the...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 8 November 1935
8 November 1935 San Antonio Register placement from Kevin Mackey—opens a tight trio with 11 Nov Express and 15 Nov Register in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H advertisement — Valley Morning Star, 25 October 1935
Friday, 25 October 1935 Valley Morning Star (Harlingen market) H and H clip—Valley edition line in Newspaper Clippings between May Brownsville and the Novemb...
H and H — Brownsville Herald page 8, 28 May 1935
Rio Grande Valley daily: 28 May 1935 Brownsville Herald page 8 export (filename notes Newspapers.com provenance). Isolate H and H copy from neighboring ads o...
Texas Girl Coffee paper bag
Pink over-the-counter bag from the Texas Girl grocery line, the counter companion to the four-pound pail and the wall tin sign. The front carries the “Texas ...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 2 November 1934
2 November 1934 San Antonio Register H and H scan contributed by Kevin Mackey—follows the October Tulia anniversary set and the 12 Oct Register ad in the sam...
Texas Girl at H. E. Smith Grocery — Tulia Herald, 18 October 1934
18 October 1934 Tulia Herald retail piece tying Texas Girl (H and H line) to H. E. Smith Grocery—same anniversary-week cluster as the three 30th variants in ...
H and H 30th anniversary — Tulia Herald (variant 3), 18 October 1934
Third 18 October 1934 Tulia Herald scan for the 30th anniversary promotion (filename keeps Aniversary). Pair with variants 1 and 2 in Newspaper Clippings bef...
H and H 30th anniversary — Tulia Herald (variant 2), 18 October 1934
18 October 1934 Tulia Herald 30th anniversary scan variant 2—sibling to Aniversary 1 and the Smith grocery layout the same date in Newspaper Clippings.
H and H 30th anniversary — Tulia Herald (variant 1), 18 October 1934
18 October 1934 Tulia Herald piece celebrating a 30th anniversary (gallery filename spells Aniversary—period typo preserved in the file name). This is varian...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 12 October 1934
12 October 1934 San Antonio Register H and H ad—six days before the Tulia Herald 30th anniversary trio in Newspaper Clippings; compare metro vs small-town me...
H and H — San Antonio Express, 10 September 1934
Monday, 10 September 1934 San Antonio Express PNG export—H and H content may sit mid-page with other advertisers; use the scan for column inches and signatur...
H and H advertisement — Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 20 July 1934
20 July 1934 Lubbock Morning Avalanche H and H clip—High Plains placement between the June Register tea pair and September Express work in the 1934 gallery s...
H and H Tea advertisement — San Antonio Register (2 of 2), 22 June 1934
22 June 1934 San Antonio Register H and H Tea scan 2 of 2—sibling to Tea 1 the same date in Newspaper Clippings; read both before merging transcriptions in n...
H and H Tea advertisement — San Antonio Register (1 of 2), 22 June 1934
22 June 1934 San Antonio Register H and H Tea scan 1 of 2—pair with the sibling JPG the same date for a two-panel or two-column retail story. Tea ads are rar...
H and H — San Antonio Express page 2, 17 May 1934
17 May 1934 San Antonio Express page 2 PNG—early section placement; transcribe only the H and H / Hoffmann-Hayman material visible on this sheet.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 11 May 1934
11 May 1934 San Antonio Register H and H ad—third May Register clip after 4 May and Llano 3 May; compare headline and price language across the week.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 4 May 1934
4 May 1934 San Antonio Register H and H scan contributed by Kevin Mackey—neighbor in the gallery to Llano (3 May) and the 11 May Register clip.
H and H advertisement — The Llano News, 3 May 1934
Hill Country weekly: 3 May 1934 Llano News (Thursday) H and H placement—regional paper alongside the San Antonio Register / Express burst the same month.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 20 April 1934
Spring 1934 San Antonio Register H and H ad—opens a busy May corridor in the gallery (Llano, Register series, Express page 2).
H and H — San Antonio Express page 9, 12 March 1934
12 March 1934 San Antonio Express page 9 JPG—paired in Newspaper Clippings with the Mon_Morning variant the same date; treat both scans as authority for what...
H and H — San Antonio Express Monday morning page 9, 12 March 1934
Monday morning, 12 March 1934 San Antonio Express page 9 export (Mon_Morning in filename)—sibling to the alternate 12 Mar page-9 JPG in the gallery; compare ...
H and H — San Antonio Express page 8, New Year’s Eve 1933
31 December 1933 San Antonio Express page 8—year-end placement in Newspaper Clippings; check the scan for holiday copy or grocer tie-ins beside Hoffmann-Haym...
H and H — San Antonio Express page 7, 27 November 1933
27 November 1933 San Antonio Express page 7 PNG—H and H material may share the broadsheet with other news and ads; use the export to locate the coffee block.
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 10 November 1933
10 November 1933 San Antonio Register H and H ad—follows the 3 November triple export cluster; compare copy rotation week over week.
H and H — San Antonio Register Vol. 3 No. 31, main edition, 3 November 1933
3 November 1933 San Antonio Register main edition export for Vol. 3, No. 31—sibling to the section 3 PNG and the 3 Nov Kevin Mackey JPG in Newspaper Clipping...
H and H — San Antonio Register Vol. 3 No. 31, section 3, 3 November 1933
3 November 1933 San Antonio Register section 3 of Vol. 3, No. 31—compare this PNG to the main edition export and the Kevin Mackey JPG the same date so the co...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 3 November 1933
3 November 1933 San Antonio Register H and H scan contributed by Kevin Mackey—one of three gallery variants for the same calendar day (this JPG plus Vol. 3, ...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 27 October 1933
Late October 1933 San Antonio Register H and H ad—two weeks after the Corpus clip and a week before the dense 3 November Register cluster in Newspaper Clippi...
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 13 October 1933
Friday, 13 October 1933 Corpus Christi Caller-Times H and H clip—1933 was a heavy Register / Express year in the collection; this adds Gulf Coast reach. Read...
Open house — San Antonio Light page 7, 20 December 1932
20 December 1932 San Antonio Light page 7 PNG tagged “Open House” in the gallery filename—likely a factory or retail open house notice tied to Hoffmann-Hayma...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Register, 14 October 1932
Autumn 1932 San Antonio Register H and H display from the Kevin Mackey newspaper set—compare layout to the 29 July multi-page Register export and the Decembe...
H and H — San Antonio Register page 5 of 8, 29 July 1932
Friday, 29 July 1932 San Antonio Register spread: Vol. 2, No. 17, page 5 of 8 in the export—H and H copy may share the sheet with other ads, so use the PNG t...
H and H advertisement — Amarillo Globe-Times, 27 March 1931
Panhandle daily: 27 March 1931 Amarillo Globe-Times (Friday) H and H ad—extends the 1931 regional set with Corpus Christi earlier that month.
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 3 March 1931
Spring 1931 Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Tuesday, 3 March) H and H placement—bookend the 1930 Corpus Friday clip and the late March Amarillo ad in Newspaper ...
H and H advertisement — Lubbock Morning Avalanche, 29 November 1930
High Plains Saturday paper: 29 November 1930 Lubbock Morning Avalanche H and H ad—compare reach and layout to the September Corpus and October Express clips ...
‘That’s Good Coffee’ — H and H, San Antonio Express, 29 October 1930
Late October 1930 San Antonio Express ad preserved under the curator filename “That’s Good Coffee”—a slogan-era placement in Newspaper Clippings worth pairin...
H and H advertisement — Corpus Christi Caller-Times, 26 September 1930
Coastal Texas daily: 26 September 1930 Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Friday) H and H clip in Newspaper Clippings—part of the 1930 spread that also hits Lubboc...
H and H on San Antonio Express page 10 — 11 May 1927
Full page 10 PNG from the 11 May 1927 San Antonio Express—the export name encodes date and page, so the H and H material may share the sheet with other adver...
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 16 May 1925
Spring 1925 Hondo Anvil Herald H and H ad—closes out the 1925 Hondo trio in Newspaper Clippings before the collection jumps to 1927 Express page work.
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 14 February 1925
Valentine’s week 1925 Hondo Anvil Herald placement—check the scan for seasonal tie-ins versus the plain retail January and May Hondo ads.
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 3 January 1925
New Year 1925 Hondo Anvil Herald clipping—first of three 1925 Hondo Saturdays in this gallery batch (Feb, May).
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 11 October 1924
Autumn 1924 Hondo Anvil Herald H and H ad—bookend to the March and May 1924 Hondo clips in the gallery.
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 10 May 1924 (page 6)
Saturday, 10 May 1924 Hondo Anvil Herald page 6 export (PNG) in Newspaper Clippings—the filename preserves page 6, rare explicit pagination in this set. Use ...
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 8 March 1924
Early 1924 Hondo Anvil Herald placement in the Newspaper Clippings run—compare to the May and October 1924 Hondo pages in the same batch.
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 20 October 1923
Fall 1923 Hondo Anvil Herald (Medina County) H and H clipping—paired in the gallery with other 1923–1925 Hondo Saturdays for a small-town frequency study.
H and H advertisement — Brownwood Bulletin, 20 April 1923
Brownwood (Central Texas) weekly Bulletin, volume 23, number 158, 20 April 1923—a PNG page in Newspaper Clippings showing how Hoffmann-Hayman retail art reac...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, Christmas Day 1922
Christmas Day 1922 fell on a Monday; this San Antonio Evening News clip sits next to the 1921 Christmas-week ads in the Newspaper Clippings series. Read the ...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 17 November 1922
Pre-Thanksgiving 1922 Evening News placement—check the scan for seasonal tie-ins (roast, blend name, or grocer callout) ahead of the December holiday ads in ...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 10 October 1922
October 1922 Evening News clipping in the newspaper gallery—pair it with the September and November 1922 entries to see how often the firm refreshed art and ...
H and H advertisement — Hondo Anvil Herald, 23 September 1922
Small-town Texas retail: the 23 September 1922 Hondo Anvil Herald (Medina County weekly) carries H and H copy, showing how San Antonio roaster advertising re...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 15 September 1922
Late-summer 1922 San Antonio Evening News ad for the Hoffmann-Hayman line—useful for seeing fall retail voice after the spring 1922 promotions. The Newspaper...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 8 March 1922
March 1922 Evening News placement for H and H in the project newspaper gallery—compare layout and offer to other 1922 spring clips in the set rather than ass...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 15 February 1922
A February 1922 San Antonio Evening News retail clipping in the Newspaper Clippings set—another example of how Hoffmann-Hayman bought column inches in the ev...
Thank you! — Christmas-season ad — San Antonio Evening News, 24 Dec 1921
The San Antonio Evening News for Saturday, 24 December 1921 (Christmas Eve) carries a framed holiday thank-you to customers: a one-pound H and H Blend tin at...
H and H Coffee? Yes ma’am — San Antonio Evening News, 23 Dec 1921
The San Antonio Evening News for Friday, 23 December 1921 runs a grocery-counter scene: a grocer behind stocked shelves recommends H and H to a woman custome...
Say— that H and H is good coffee — San Antonio Evening News, 9 Dec 1921
A San Antonio Evening News display ad from Friday, 9 December 1921 shows a formally dressed man with a mustache, steaming cup in hand, beside a one-pound H a...
Are you satisfied with your coffee — H and H Blend, San Antonio Evening News, 29 Nov 1921
The 29 November 1921 San Antonio Evening News carries a framed H AND H BLEND retail block: a “Guaranteed to Please” promise, ½ lb., 1 lb., and 3 lb. packages...
Have you ordered your tea yet — H and H Tea, San Antonio Evening News, 14 Jun 1921
A 1921 summer-season tea advertisement in the San Antonio Evening News urges grocers by telephone, pairs “H AND H TEA” with a Ceylon-India blend carton illus...
When Coffee Came to America — H and H Blend — San Antonio Express, 1 Nov 1920
Kevin Mackey scan in the Newspaper Clippings set: 1 November 1920 Express ad framed with a double rule, led by the one-pound H and H Blend box cut, then “Whe...
There’s an art in making good coffee — H and H Blend, San Antonio Evening News, 28 Oct 1920
This 1920 San Antonio Evening News piece leads with a drawn one-pound H AND H BLEND COFFEE tin “ROASTED AND PACKED BY HOFFMANN-HAYMAN COFFEE CO. SAN ANTONIO,...
The secret of jolly breakfasts — H. and H. Coffee, San Antonio Evening News, 20 Oct 1920
A 1920 retail advertisement in the San Antonio Evening News promotes H. and H. Coffee under the headline “The Secret OF Jolly Breakfasts,” with four corner c...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Evening News, 18 June 1920
Friday 18 June 1920 San Antonio Evening News placement for H and H in the same gallery run as the big 15 March grocer-roster ad—here the firm is back to a co...
417 stores sell it — H and H Blend — San Antonio Express, 29 March 1920
Kevin Mackey contribution in the Newspaper Clippings set: a 1920 Express retail display built around the one-pound H and H Blend box illustration—banner “417...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 22 March 1920
Companion Express ad four days after the 18 March 1920 clipping: another Kevin Mackey scan in the Newspaper Clippings set, useful for seeing how Hoffmann-Hay...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 18 March 1920
A March 1920 San Antonio Express retail placement for H and H / Hoffmann-Hayman, kept in the project as a Kevin Mackey scan alongside the other early-1920 Ex...
Over 400 grocers sell H. & H. Coffee—San Antonio Evening News, 15 March 1920
The San Antonio Evening News for Monday, 15 March 1920 runs a large H. & H. Coffee placement built around a one-pound H and H Blend tin cut and a headlin...
A Merry Christmas to all—Hoffmann-Hayman, 25 December 1919 (Express)
A boxed holiday notice from the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. in the San Antonio Express sends A Merry Christmas to all—customer, competitor and everybody alike...
H and H Blend vs. premiums—San Antonio Express, 10 December 1919
A full display advertisement in the San Antonio Express argues that buyers should get coffee, not “something else” from premium-heavy promotions, and positio...
H and H advertisement — San Antonio Express, 2 December 1919
Early December 1919 San Antonio Express clipping (gallery filename keeps the period “H an H” spelling). The layout should be read for price points, blend nam...
H and H retail ad — San Antonio Express, 21 November 1919
A 21 November 1919 San Antonio Express H and H placement from the Kevin Mackey newspaper set—use the scan for exact headline hierarchy, price lines, and whet...
H and H — San Antonio Express home-front page, 30 August 1919
Late-summer 1919 San Antonio Express page in the gallery under a “war 2” filename: the clip sits in the post–Armistice window when dailies still carried bond...
H and H Blend — M.I.S.A. Show final night, San Antonio Express, 24 May 1919
Companion to the prior day’s Beethoven Hall placement, this ad counts down the “M.I.S.A.” show—“The Curtain Drops Tonight”—and again routes readers through a...
H and H Blend — M.I.S.A. Show at Beethoven Hall, San Antonio Express, 23 May 1919
A vertical display ad ties H and H Blend Coffee to the “M. I. S. A.” show at Beethoven Hall, urging readers to attend “today without fail” and framing DRINK ...
Model Grocery testimonial — H. & H. Blend Coffee, San Antonio Evening News, 19 Mar 1919
A bordered display ad from Hoffmann-Hayman reprints an unsolicited letter from Model Grocery Company (signed by M. G. Ellis) ordering 100 lbs. of coffee “the...
New Year greeting — H and H Blend Coffee, San Antonio Express, 1 Jan 1919
A New Year’s Day 1919 San Antonio Express piece framed by a hand-drawn leaf wreath, with a top banner reading Greetings for the New Year and a dark flower il...
H and H Brand Coffee ad — San Antonio Express, 10 Feb 1918
A 1918 San Antonio Express display ad for H & H Brand Coffee, in a simple ruled box. The copy ties the product to local popularity and reassures readers ...